On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 09:02 -0600, Michael Bright wrote: > > So I decided I must need to switch back to xscreensaver. But then I > > thought, the only reason I use the password lock at home is to keep > > the two-year-old from wandering by, pulling up a terminal and typing > > 'rm -rf /' while happily shouting, "I typing my name, Dad!" And the > > only reason the screensaver lock is really annoying me is because I > > have to use my ultra-hard-to-type secure user password every time I > > want to glance at the latest weather report or stock prices. > > > > Does anyone know how to use an alternate password for the > screensaver lock? Something hard enough for a two-year old not to > guess, but easy to type when in a hurry to check the latest stock > prices?
Sorry, I cant help you here. However, I've often thought that the coolest "screen saver" would be a fully configurable dashboard-like display with the following types of information: Time clock Stock Ticker Active IM Buddies Number of unread emails in your Inbox System load stats (CPU, RAM, disk, etc...) Uptime RSS feeds of choice ... This would all be in a read only fashion (kinda like gdesklets meets gnome-screensaver). I can't guess the number of times I've unlocked my computer just to see what time it was. It seems that screen savers are the one place where bling still trumps utility on the desktop. -- Gabriel Gunderson http://gundy.org -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
